 The Ten Most Dangerous Things Users Do Online |
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 Jul 26 2009, 09:24 AM
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QUOTE(quietman7 @ Oct 23 2006, 05:18 PM)  QUOTE 1. Clicking on email attachments from unknown senders 2. Installing unauthorized applications 3. Turning off or disabling automated security tools 4. Opening HTML or plain-text messages from unknown senders 5. Surfing gambling, porn, or other legally-risky Websites 6. Giving out passwords, tokens, or smart cards 7. Page 8: Random surfing of unknown, untrusted Websites 8. Attaching to an unknown, untrustworthy WiFi network 9. Filling out Web scripts, forms, or registration pages 10. Participating in chat rooms or social networking sites 1. Check the extension, or open it in notepad (hah! see my topic on that) if you're paranoid. Don't enable macros if it is meant to open in Word or related. 2. I hate to reply to that with another "unauthorized application", but Sandboxie ( http://sandboxie.com ) can protect against any viruses they may contain while still letting you use the program. 3. I don't see the point in these - I have a router which naturally acts as a firewall, and the only things my anti-virus has ever found are false positives. It likes to target programs like WinSock hooks and any program which has a few NOPs in a row, or code which modified other programs, or even perfectly safe programs packed with FSG. 4. That's not risky.  The worst you could get is scammed, and that's only if you're really gullible. Most email clients have protection against just about everything, from attachments to even images and links. 5. Risky if you open files with "dangerous" extensions, or if you install ActiveX controls or the like. -- 8. Firewalls up, and don't enter any password into any site unless it uses SSL and you have the public key cached. If it doesn't have SSL and the public key cached, use SSH and proxy through your home PC (assuming you have *that* key cached). 9. ...the hell? If it's spam you're talking about, http://mailinator.com/ 10. IRC is not dangerous, and social networking sites do their best to be secure. Now all we need is people to be that bit more educated about what they're doing and what they're using. This post has been edited by Score_Under: Jul 26 2009, 09:29 AM |
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Jul 26 2009, 10:31 AM
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New Member Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 23-July 09 Member No.: 356,246 |
great post. Never thought of tunneling through a VPN when connected to an unknown WiFi source.
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Aug 3 2009, 08:39 AM
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 Forum Addict Group: BC Advisor Posts: 1,411 Joined: 6-July 08 From: South Garden Member No.: 220,807 |
I always chat on IRC. Doing that since 2004. Never caught any infection.
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